# The Family Provision (Intestate Succession) Order 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
The estate of a person dying intestate is charged with a fixed sum (the statutory legacy) in favour of the surviving spouse. This Order increases the statutory legacy from £40,000 to £75,000 where the intestate is survived by issue, and from £85,000 to £125,000 where there is no surviving issue but the intestate is survived by certain close relatives.
By virtue of section 1(3) of the Family Provision Act 1966, this Order supersedes the Family Provision (Intestate Succession) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/255) in relation to the estate of a person dying on or after 1st June 1987.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/799/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-provision-intestate-succession-order-1987/note
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